What is the term for the lower incisors that do not stick out?
Polyprotodont
100
What is the term for the typical W shaped teeth found in insectivores?
Dilambdodont
100
Which species of bat is tied for the smallest mammal in the world?
Hog-nosed bat
100
What genre of marsupials have striated or granulated pads to grip wet branches or rocks
Dasyurus
200
Which two bones make up the Zygomatic arch?
Squamosal and Jugal
200
What is the term for having fused digits?
syndactylous
200
Which genus of insectivores lack a zygomatic arch and auditory bullae but have red-tipped teeth in WI
Shrews (Sorex)
200
Which species of bat is found in the largest concentrations for mammalian life?
Brazilian free-tailed bat
200
Which two marsupial species use their tail as a storage organ for fat?
Water opossum and Fat-tailed dunnart
300
What structure does the atlas articulate around?
the occipital condyle (made of the occipital and formen magnum)
300
Which bone is used for marsupial pitch muscles?
Epipubic
300
Which species produces toxins and has fibriated hairs and tactiley feels prey using whiskers
Eurasian Water shrew *neomys fodiens*
300
What is the family for WI bats? How can you separate them from new world fruit bats?
Verbestilianedae --> have posterior formen magnum, also philpstenonadae (new world fruit bats) have fewer teeth, non dilambdodont teeth, and modified canines.
300
How can you tell the difference between a pygmy shrew and a coiners shrew?
Cinereus shrews have four unicuspid teeth while pygmy shrews only have 3
400
Which tooth type is shaped like a 'W' and is found in insectivores
Dilambdodont
400
Which species of marsupials has the smallest babies but the largest sperm?
Honey possum
400
Which eats larger prey, the star-nosed mole or the eastern mole?
eastern mole
400
What is the structure called that is basically a keeled sternum?
Manubrium
500
Which two tooth types would you find in herbivores?
Lophodont (rabbits) and Loxodont (voles)
500
What is the term for having two opposable thumbs (as seen in the Koala)?
Schizodactylous
500
Which species is the largest Wisconsin shrew, and has a submaxillary gland that produces a neurotoxin?